Unit 1

Question 1

clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration (n.)

Answer 1

apparel

Question 2

to put clothes on, dress up (v.)

Answer 2

apparel

Question 3

to attack by surrounding with military forces (v.)

Answer 3

besiege

Question 4

to cause worry or trouble (v.)

Answer 4

besiege

Question 5

to press together; to reduce in size or volume (v.)

Answer 5

compress

Question 6

a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury (n.)

Answer 6

compress

Question 7

to condemn openly; to accuse formally (v.)

Answer 7

denounce

Question 8

to send off or out for a purpose; to kill (v.)

Answer 8

dispatch

Question 9

an official message; promptness, speed; the act of killing (n.)

Answer 9

dispatch

Question 10

to plunge into a liquid, drench; to put out quickly, extinguish (v.)

Answer 10

douse

Question 11

plainly, in so many words; for a particular purpose (adv.)

Answer 11

expressly

Question 12

suffering severely from hunger or from lack of something (adj.,part.)

Answer 12

famished

Question 13

to give up, renounce; to leave, abandon (v.)

Answer 13

forsake

Question 14

profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage (adj.)

Answer 14

gainful

Question 15

very large or great; beyond ordinary means of measurement (adj.)

Answer 15

immense

Question 16

totally without skill or appropriateness (adj.)

Answer 16

inept

Question 17

showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever (adj.)

Answer 17

ingenious

Question 18

done in an instant; immediate (adj.)

Answer 18

instantaneous

Question 19

to annoy, trouble, make weary (v.)

Answer 19

irk

Question 20

a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of the person about whom it is made (n.)

Answer 20

libel

Question 21

to write or publish such a statement (v.)

Answer 21

libel

Question 22

a feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainty (n.)

Answer 22

misgiving

Question 23

a stupid person; a big, clumsy, slow individual (n.)

Answer 23

oaf

Question 24

to go or move backward; to become more distant (v.)

Answer 24

recede

Question 25

a meal, food

Answer 25

repast